In the midst of their conversation, both Li Yunxian and Director Wu sensed a group of people flying over from behind them.
Judging by the direction, they were all coming from Jin City.
With such a commotion outside the city, Jin City would definitely come to check on the situation first.
The two turned around, and before long, the group arrived.
Seeing Director Wu and Li Yunxian, the serious expressions of those approaching immediately relaxed.
“Director,” the leader called out, then glanced toward the distant lingering smoke and dust, asking, “What’s the current situation?”
“No situation anymore,” Director Wu replied. “There won’t be any situation anymore from now on.”
The newcomers froze, feeling as if they understood, yet also not quite: “What?”
Director Wu said, “Outside the city, among the alien cultivators at the Golden Core stage, only one beast remains.”
“At the Foundation Establishment stage, there are only about ten left.” A batch died in the Box Bone Nest, and another batch was killed in Jin City.
The newcomers found it hard to believe: “All this was done by you, Director?”
“The time your director left the New City was less than ten hours ago, and already such great achievements?”
“This isn’t like our director at all!”
Director Wu slightly tilted his head, glanced at Li Yunxian—who stood quietly and obediently by his side—and spat out to the newcomers, “I have these skills. The reason I spared those guys before, do you think I was just bored?”
Everyone fell silent.
One by one, their eyes subtly shifted toward Li Yunxian.
Director Wu’s words left no doubt as to whom he was referring.
They looked at Li Yunxian’s cultivation level—Qi Condensation at seven layers.
Her?
Impossible!
They hadn’t experienced the illusions like Director Wu, nor witnessed Li Yunxian’s many tricks, so they instinctively doubted.
Then they all recalled their dark circles under their eyes.
Recalled the exhausting work of capturing the Hunter Tribe these past few days.
There were so many; over these four days and more, each of them had worked nonstop for 24 hours.
If they weren’t all cultivators with robust bodies, at least half of the Special Management Bureau would have been hospitalized from such an intense workload.
In a certain sense, Li Yunxian had proven her abilities to them.
Before this, who would have thought they’d catch so many Hunter Tribe members in one go?
Since one incredible feat had already happened, another didn’t seem so strange.
The group returned to Jin City.
Director Wu properly escorted Li Yunxian to reunite with her biological mother.
But when Li Yunxian looked around the reunion place, she saw tall courtyard walls, tightly secured cameras, guards stationed every five steps, and sentries every ten.
She felt the reason she was immediately placed here was Director Wu’s concern that she might run away again.
Using a petty mindset to measure a gentleman’s heart! Li Yunxian sneered.
Still, with the mission complete, Li Yunxian truly had no intention of leaving again.
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She applied a cleansing technique on herself, followed by the Renewal Technique, making her shine brightly as she pushed open the courtyard gate.
Upon entering, Li Yunxian saw three people practicing Tai Chi in the living room.
Yu Anle was teaching; her mother and stepfather were learning.
When the door opened, the three simultaneously looked toward Li Yunxian, their eyes widening.
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After some affectionate moments with them, Li Yunxian immediately faced an interrogation from Mrs. Xia about where she had been.
Being sent here so quickly, Li Yunxian had forgotten to confirm details with Yu Anle.
Luckily, Li Yunxian was good at reading people’s expressions(?).
Based on Yu Anle’s looks and gestures, Li Yunxian nervously fumbled through the answers.
Xia Congyun, having been in the business world for so many years, could roughly tell that Li Yunxian was bluffing her.
But considering everything that had happened over the past few months, it was clear that her daughter was no longer in the same world as her.
Whatever had happened was beyond her ability to help.
Seeing Li Yunxian safe, energetic, and radiant was enough.
Xia Congyun willingly accepted the bluff. @InfiniteGoodReads, all on Jinjiang Literature City
Listening to Li Yunxian say everything was fine now, and that in a few days they’d be able to go out and live normally again, Xia Congyun couldn’t help but reach out and pat her daughter’s head.
“Thank you for your hard work,” Xia Congyun sighed.
Li Yunxian smiled and leaned close to her mother: “I’m not the one who’s worked hard, it’s the others.”
The “others” here referred not only to the Special Management Bureau personnel but also to the alien beings who had suffered and sacrificed their lives.
Thus, Li Yunxian’s tone was genuinely sincere.
Hearing this, Xia Congyun couldn’t help but smile, then heard Li Yunxian ask, “Mom, what’s the situation with Dad? Do you know?”
“I contacted him. He only told me he’s fine.”
Xia Congyun’s expression shifted briefly before replying, “He really is fine.”
“He was planning to hold a banquet over there, but his project was delayed. I handled it here first.”
“After the incident, the people here immediately notified Mo City.”
“So, for safety, your dad changed his surname.”
“He took your stepmother’s surname.”
“He probably felt embarrassed to tell you.”
“In short… Yunxian, now you’re the only one in the family with the surname Li.” Xia Congyun chuckled softly.
Upon learning this, she immediately called her ex-husband to tease him.
Li Yunxian:
She wasn’t quite sure how to react.
But really, as long as everything was fine, that was enough.
Li Yunxian set aside her last worries.
Yet the teachers and students at the Wenwu Academy couldn’t relax for a moment.
Yu Anle and Li Yunxian had disappeared right after leaving the academy—how could they be at ease?!
When they first discovered Yu Anle was unreachable, they still managed to stay calm.
Signals were poor in the dense forest, plus Yu Anle needed to feign being lost in front of Li Yunxian, so naturally, she couldn’t use her phone.
Though something felt off, their magical devices showed Yu Anle’s vital signs were stable, just tense.
After a period of sustained tension, they calmed down somewhat.
Yu Anle’s personality made this kind of continuous worry normal.
— In fact, Yu Anle was nervous about Li Yunxian going out of the city.
Waiting until the appointed time would be fine.
However, when the appointed time arrived, the Wenwu Academy teachers and students received no news from Yu Anle.
Not a single message the whole time.
Finally, the Wenwu Academy people couldn’t sit still anymore.
As the exchange was about to end, they hurriedly said goodbye to Wenwu and rushed toward the dense forest.
They activated their search devices.
But the devices showed no sign of Yu Anle.
The city was already beyond the devices’ range.
No matter how hard they searched, they couldn’t find Yu Anle or Li Yunxian’s whereabouts.
Cold sweat broke out among the Wenwu Academy group; after searching wildly for three days and nearly turning the entire forest upside down, they finally received a message from Yu Anle.
“Teacher, teacher, Yunxian and I are now in Qin City, please come pick us up!” Yu Anle’s message was just a few words, but the joyful tone was unmistakable.
***
The bedraggled Wenwu Academy teachers and students:
At this point, they had no energy left to ask why Yu Anle was in Jin City.
Taking a deep breath, three Wenwu Academy teachers led the students and headed out of the forest.
Yuan Ying cultivators are no match for Fen Shen stage cultivators, so the Wenwu group only arrived in Jin City the next day.
As they entered Jin City, they were greeted by a city-wide celebration.
A ceremony celebrating peace.
The disheveled Wenwu group, clearly coming from the wild, immediately drew everyone’s attention.
As everyone knew:
Those living in the city were their own people; those living in the wild were aliens.
Without a doubt, the Wenwu group experienced firsthand the treatment Li Yunxian and Yu Anle had endured before.
They were arrested!
After undergoing interrogation, the Wenwu teachers and students:
“I already told you I’m a Wenwu teacher! If I were an alien, wouldn’t you know a Yuan Ying stage alien when you see one?!” Qi Ke went mad during interrogation.
Repeatedly asked the same questions, Qi Ke felt like tearing the interrogation room apart.
Outside the room, Special Management Bureau staff remarked, “Yes, but someone ordered that you all be interrogated for several more hours.”
“Please bear with it.”
“Who?” Qi Ke snapped.
“Li Yunxian,” the staff answered calmly.
Upon hearing this, the Wenwu group fell silent.
Recalling all that had happened and now this answer—what else was there left to misunderstand?
The truth had come out.
The Wenwu teachers and students wore grim faces, resigned to continue enduring the brainwashing interrogation.
In short, let the victims vent first.